Primary profession or occupation:

Farmer

Important dates:

Notes:

Reuben Wood was murdered by the Confederate Gorilla, Champ Ferguson who
killed over 100 men because he perceived them as enemies because they had
chosen to side with the North (President Lincoln) during the Civil War. Reuben
was the great uncle of Mary (Ewing) Booher who told this story many times to
her children. Champ Ferguson was hanged in Nashville after being tried for
the murder of 23 people of whom Reuben Wood was no. 5 in the indictment. Book
about it was "Champ Ferguson, A Confederate Gorilla"